PROV 6:35 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) You won’t just be able to pay them off,
⇔ even if you try to increase the amount.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Οὐκ ἀνταλλάξεται οὐδενὸς λύτρου τὴν ἔχθραν, οὐδὲ μὴ διαλυθῇ πολλῶν δώρων.
(Ouk antallaxetai oudenos lutrou taʸn eⱪthran, oude maʸ dialuthaʸ pollōn dōrōn.)

BrTr He will not forego his enmity for any ransom: neither will he be reconciled for many gifts.

ULT He will not lift up the face of any ransom,
⇔ and he will not be willing if you increase the bribe.

UST That jealous husband will not accept any money to stop being furious,
⇔ no matter how much money you offer him.

BSB & MSB He will not be appeased by any ransom,
⇔ [or] persuaded by lavish gifts.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB He won’t regard any ransom,
⇔ neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.

NET He will not consider any compensation;
⇔ he will not be willing, even if you multiply the compensation.

LSV He does not accept the appearance of any atonement,
Indeed, he does not consent,
Though you multiply bribes!

FBV He refuses any compensation, and won't be paid off, however big the amount.

T4T And he will not accept any bribe/money, even if it is a big bribe, to ◄appease him/cause him to stop being angry►.

LEB • He will not accept any compensation ,[fn]
• and he will not be willing, though the bribe is large.

6:? Literally “the face of any compensation”

BBE He will not take any payment; and he will not make peace with you though your money offerings are increased.

Moff no money buys him off,
⇔ he will not be satisfied, for all you offer.

JPS He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

ASV He will not regard any ransom;
⇔ Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

DRA Nor will he yield to any man’s prayers, nor will he accept for satisfaction ever so many gifts.

YLT He accepteth not the appearance of any atonement, Yea, he doth not consent, Though thou dost multiply bribes!

Drby he will not regard any ransom, neither will he rest content though thou multipliest [thy] gifts.

RV He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
(He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou/you givest/give many gifts.)

SLT He will not lift up the face of any ransom, and he will not be willing if thou shalt increase the reward.

Wbstr He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

KJB-1769 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.[fn]
(He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou/you givest/give many gifts.)

6.35 He will…: Heb. He will not accept the face of any ransom

KJB-1611 [fn]He will not regard any ransome; neither will hee rest content, though thou giuest many giftes.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

6:35 Hebr. he will not accept the face of any ransome.

Bshps No though thou wouldest offer hym great gyftes to make amendes, he wyll not receaue them.
(No though thou/you wouldest offer him great gifts to make amends, he will not receive them.)

Gnva He cannot beare the sight of any raunsome: neither will he consent, though thou augment the giftes.
(He cannot bear the sight of any ransom: neither will he consent, though thou/you augment the gifts.)

Cvdl no though thou woldest ofre him greate giftes to make amendes, he will not receaue them.
(no though thou/you would offer him great gifts to make amends, he will not receive them.)

Wycl nether schal assente to the preieris of ony; nether schal take ful many yiftis for raunsum.
(neither shall assent to the prayers of ony; neither shall take full many gifts for ransom.)

Luth und siehet keine Person an, die da versöhne, und nimmt‘s nicht an, ob du viel schenken wolltest.
(and see/look no Person to/along, the there reconcile, and takes_it not to/along, if/whether you(sg) many give/donate wanted.)

ClVg nec acquiescet cujusquam precibus, nec suscipiet pro redemptione dona plurima.]
(but_not will_acquiesce anyone’s prayers, but_not will_undertake for redemption/buying_back gifts many_(things).])

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 6:20–35: Ninth lesson: If you commit adultery, you will be severely punished

This lesson may be summarized as follows: The son should heed his parents’ teaching, because it will keep him from the dangers of adultery (6:20–24). He should strictly avoid being tempted by another man’s wife. An affair with such a woman will have inevitable and disastrous consequences (6:25–33), resulting from the jealous fury of the husband (6:34–35).

Some other headings for this section are:

Warning Against Adultery (NIV)

Avoid adultery

More Advice About Avoiding Adultery (GW)

The terrible consequences of committing adultery

Paragraph 6:20–35

In these notes, this section forms a single paragraph (as in the NRSV). If a long paragraph like this is not natural in your language, you may want to make paragraph breaks as in the section summary above. Some other ways to divide the paragraphs are:

6:20–26, 27–35 (GNT)
6:20–22, 23–29, 30–35 (CEV)
6:20–29, 30–35 (NIV)

Divide the paragraphs in a way that fits the natural patterns of your language.

6:35

Notice the parallel parts that are similar in meaning:

^35a He will not be appeased by any ransom;

^35b or persuaded by lavish gifts.

If a person has had an affair with the wife of another man, he may offer to pay compensation to that other man, but no matter how much the person offers, the husband will refuse it. It is implied that the husband will make sure that the offending man is severely punished.

6:35a–b

(combined/reordered)

He will not let you^(sing) bribe him, no matter how much you offer.

ransom…lavish gifts: Here the word ransom is a synonym for bribery. It refers to money that the adulterer offers to the husband, hoping to calm his anger, obtain his forgiveness, or persuade him to keep quiet about the crime. English versions make explicit various purposes for the money. For example:

Compensation will not buy his forgiveness (REB)

no amount of gifts will satisfy his anger (GNT)

No amount of money will change his mind. (GW)

General Comment on 6:35a–b

In some languages, it may be more natural to combine and/or reorder the parallel parts. For example:

There is no compensation or bribe that will satisfy him (NLT96)

He won’t let you pay him off, no matter what you offer (CEV)

6:35a

He will not be appeased by any ransom,

So no matter how much the guilty person offers to pay in order to appease the husband’s anger,

6:35b

or persuaded by lavish gifts.

the husband will not accept the bribe but will instead take revenge.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

לֹא־יִ֭שָּׂא & וְ⁠לֹֽא־יֹ֝אבֶ֗ה

not (Some words not found in UHB: not accept face/surface_of all compensation and=not willing that/for/because/then/when great bribe )

In this verse, the pronoun he refers to the man who has just found out that his wife has committed adultery. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [The husband of an adulterous wife will not lift up … and that husband will not be willing]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

לֹא־יִ֭שָּׂא פְּנֵ֣י

not (Some words not found in UHB: not accept face/surface_of all compensation and=not willing that/for/because/then/when great bribe )

Here, the phrase lift up the face of is an idiom that means “regard favorably.” If it would be helpful, you could use an idiom with that meaning in your language or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [He will not be impressed by] or [He will not regard favorably]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

כֹּ֑פֶר & שֹֽׁחַד

(Some words not found in UHB: not accept face/surface_of all compensation and=not willing that/for/because/then/when great bribe )

Here, the words ransom and bribe refer to money that a man would give to the husband of the woman he has committed adultery with in order to avoid harm or stop the man from being angry. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [money offered to appease him … that money]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ⁠לֹֽא־יֹ֝אבֶ֗ה

and=not willing

Solomon is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a clause would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from the context if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [and he will not be willing to be appeased] or [and he will not stop being angry]